John Glenn's Tommy Aiello (30-5) won the 108 pound Suffolk Division II crown. Aiello, the returning state champion, also won the Champion of Champions award.

 1.  Pennsylvania

 2.  Ohio

 3.  New Jersey

 4.  Illinois

 5.  California

 6.  Iowa

 7.  New York

 8.  Michigan

​ 9.  Oklahoma

​10. Minnesota

​       Virginia/Wisconsin​

PLAINEDGE WINS NASSAU COUNTY TOURNAMENT​​​

JACORI TEEMER TRANSFERS TO IOWA FROM ASU AND IS RANKED #1 AT 157 POUNDS

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Jacori Teemer (25-4) of Long Beach HS and Arizona State finished second at 157 pounds, he became a 4-time NCAA All-American for the Sun Devils. Teemer has one more year of eligibility left and will wrestle for Iowa in the upcoming 2024-2025 season.

​In the  AWN HSRankings, PJ Duke (Minisink Valley) is top-ranked at 157 pounds.

At the Super 32 Classic - three NYS champions earned medals:

Dunia Sibomana (LB) - 6th -  @ 113 pounds

Gavin Mangano (SWR) - 6th @ 132 pounds

Liam Carlin (Burnt Hills) 

4th @ 165 pounds

Cornell's four-time All-American Vito Arujau (18-2, 93-9 career) from Syosset HS won his second NCAA title and helped Big Red finish as runners-up in the team scoring at the NCAA Championships in Kansas City.

Dunia Sibomana (LB) wins the JR        Men's Freestyle Championship   over Ayden Todd (OH), 8-2, @ 113​

Gavin Mangano (47-1) of Shoreham Wading River won the 131-pound Suffolk crown and was voted the MOW.  Mangano, a freshman, would win a NYS title and later add a NHSCA crown to his ledger.

NHSCA CHAMPIONS

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SENIOR DIVISION:

285 pounds - Stephan Monchery (Middletown, NY) pinned Naa'sir Edmonds (VA) 4:12

JUNIOR DIVISION:

152 pounds - PJ Duke (Slate Hill, NY) pinned Ryan Lawler (PA) 3:32

SOPHOMORE DIVISION:

152 pounds- Griffin LaPlante (North Tonawanda, NY) dec. Gage Wentzel (PA) 3-1

FRESHMAN DIVISION:

106 pounds- Anthony Lagala-Ryan (Longwood, NY) dec. Mason Bauer (OH) 4-3

126 pounds- Gavin Mangano (SWR, NY) dec. Greyson Music (PA) 5-1

MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION:

80 pounds- Marcello Mannello (Hawthorne, NY) dec. Joseph Colardo (RI) -3 OT

100 pounds- Ethan Andreula (Long Beach, NY) dec. Jacob Carr (PA) 5-1

Other Long Island NHSCA All-Americans:

106- Connor Sheridan (Hauppauge) - runner-up

113- Dunia Sibomana-Rodriguez (Long Beach) - 5th

126- Anthony Clem (Wantagh) - 6th

132- Joseph Clem (Wantagh) - 7th

145- Jason Kwaak (Brentwood) - 3rd

152- Joe Manfredi (Herricks) - 5th

170- Devin Downes (Plainedge) - 4th

195- Greyson Meak (Cold Spring Harbor) - 4th

220- RJ Tinyes (Lynbrook) - 4th

220- Chris Ayala (Brentwood) - 8th 

285- Landon Lee (Chaminade) - 8th

285 - Greg Kerkvliet

NEW YORK STATE DREAM TEAM OF NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONS​

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157 - Levi Haines 

PENN STATE WINS THE 2024 NCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS 

- CROWNS 4 CHAMPIONS -​​​

- CORNELL'S VITO ARUJAU WINS HIS SECOND NCAA TITLE -

Penn State's 197 pounder Aaron Brooks (22-0, 89-3) won his fourth NCAA title and was voted the Outstanding Wrestler at the 93rd NCAA Wrestling Championships held in Kansas City, Missouri. Brooks earned a Bronze Medal for the USA in the Paris Olympics.

NY HS NATIONAL CHAMPS

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SENIOR DIVISION:

285 lbs -

Stephan Monchery (Middletn)

JUNIOR DIVISION:

152 lbs - 

PJ Duke (Slate Hill) 

SOPHOMORE DIVISION:

152 lbs-

Griffin LaPlante (NTonaw)

FRESHMAN DIVISION:

106 lbs- 

Anthony Lagala-Ryan (Lgwd) 

126 lbs- 

Gavin Mangano (SWR) 

MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION:

 80 lbs-

​Marc Mannello (Hawthorn) 

100 lbs- 

​Ethan Andreula (Long Beach) ​

 JOHN GLENN WINS SUFFOLK DIVISION II TOURNAMENT​​​ ​

2024

NEW YORK STATE

GIRLS CHAMPIONS:

YIANNA FOUFAS (MEPHAM),

JULIANA HERNANDEZ (ROCKY POINT)

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CORNELL WINS EIWA ​​​​​

2024​

NYSPHSAA 

Wrestling

Championships​

TEAM USA

OLYMPIC WRESTLING​

- SARAH HILDEBRANDT (50 kg) AND
AMIT ELOR (68 kg) WIN

WOMEN'S OLYMPIC GOLD -

​- Kennedy Blades wins Olympic Silver at 76 kg -​

- Spencer Lee wins Olympic Silver at 57 kg -

- Kyle Dake (74 kg), Aaron Brooks (86 kg) and

Helen Maroulis (57 kg) win Olympic Bronze. -​

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CLARKE WINS NASSAU COUNTY DIVISION II WITH 3 CHAMPS

North Babylon's Elijah Meyers works for a takedown on Connetquot's Kyle McLaughlin in semi final action at the Suffolk County Division I Tournament held at Stony Brook University. Meyers won this 215 pound battle by fall as North Babylon locked up the tournament .

​​​​​​​  1. Penn State  (172.5 pts)
  2. Cornell (72.5)
  3. Michigan (71)
  4. Iowa State (68.5)
  5. Iowa (67)

  6. Arizona State (64.5)

  7. Virginia Tech (64)

  8. Ohio State (62)

  9. Nebraska (60.5)

10. Oklahoma State (58)​​​​​​​​​​

NY STATE TEAM SCORES:

1. Minisink Valley (88.5 pts.)

2. Plainedge (86)

3. St. Francis (83)

4. Newburgh (72.5)

5. Middletown (66)

6. Wantagh (64.5)

​7. Long Beach (58)

8. Valley Central (57)

9. Hilton (51.5)

10.Burnt Hills (42)​​

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Board Certified Family Medicine Physician

174 - Carter Starocci

Long Island Wrestling

     TEAM SCORES:

  1. North Babylon (166 pts)

  2. Lindenhurst (114.5)

  3. Islip (110)

​  4. Hauppauge  (103.5)

  5. East Islip  (100)

​  6. Northport  (90)

​  7. Smithtown East (87.5)

  8. Smithtown West (83.5)

​  9. Sachem North (83)

​10. Brentwood (81)

​   LONG ISLAND STATE

CHAMPIONS

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DIVISION I

​131- Joseph Clem (57-3)

Wantagh-8

170- Devin Downes (54-2)

Plainedge-8

​DIVISION II

131- Gavin Mangano (51-1)

Shoreham Wading River-11

​138-Brayden Fahrbach (39-0)

​Mt. Sinai-11

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190- Greyson Meak (41-1)

Cold Spring Harbor-8​​​​​​​​​​​​

SOME OF THE TOP MATCHES OF ALL TIME IN THE NEW YORK STATE TOURNAMENT FINALS

      TEAM SCORES:

  1. Plainedge (239.5 pts)

  2. Long Beach (182)

  3. Wantagh (180)

​  4. Freeport  (139.5)

  5. MacArthur  (135)

  6. Farmingdale (127)

​  7. East Meadow (116)

  8. Oceanside (115)

  9. Calhoun (108)

10. Hewlett (90.5)

Lock Haven's two-time All-American and semifinalist Anthony Noto (22-3) of Honeoye Falls - Lima HS, finished third at 125 pounds.

Anthony Severino (34-1) of Lindenhurst won the 116 pound Suffolk County title. Severino was voted the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler (Rick Hermann Award) and helped the Bulldogs finish second in the team scoring behind North Babylon.

 2024 NEW YORK STATE 

 NCAA ALL-AMERICANS 

  125- Anthony Noto (LHaven)

Third Place​

  133- Vito Arujau (Cornell)

NCAA Champion

  157- Jacori Teemer (Ariz St)

Runnerup​​

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Daniel Jeran, DPM​

​​Your Feet Will Thank You​​

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NASSAU COUNTY TOURNAMENT​​​

PLAINEDGE WINS NYS DUAL MEET TOURNAMENT​​​

PENN STATE WINS BIG 10 ​​​​​

SUFFOLK COUNTY TOURNAMENT​​​

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NORTH BABYLON WINS SUFFOLK  ​​​​

197 - Aaron Brooks